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s2/e24 "Clean Eating", Food Rules, & Orthorexia with Kelsey Pontius, RD (@sportsdietitiankelsey)
s2/e24 "Clean Eating", Food Rules, & Orthorexia with Kelsey Pontius, RD (@sportsdietitiankelsey)
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Length:
72 minutes
Released:
Jul 14, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
We all want to be healthy, right? We all want to be faster, better runners, right? What happens when our quest to "be healthier" becomes something more dangerous and restrictive? In this deep and wide-ranging discussion with sports dietitian Kelsey Pontius, RD (@sportdietitiankelsey) about "clean eating", orthorexia, food rules, and more, we cover...
Why it's so hard to change our deeply held beliefs and emotional ties to certain ways of eating
The spectrum of orthorexia and the choices we make around food
The aspirational/socio-economic factors of "clean eating"
The allure of restrictive diets
Unintentional underfueling
"Clean race fuel" options
Injury risk with underfueling
RED-S and why weight loss "works" to make you faster at the beginning (before causing serious issues later on)
How to unpack your own relationship with food
and more!
?️?This episode is sponsored by GOODR SUNGLASSES! Get 15% off (my favorite) running sunglasses in the world & support the show using code RUNEXP at www.goodr.com! ?️
Meteor Nutrition arose after lifelong athlete, Kelsey Pontius RD, LDN wished to pursue her passion for the impact of nutrition on the human body in motion. Kelsey grew up playing competitive soccer, and eventually ended her career as a D1 soccer player to transform into a distance runner who since has qualified for the 2020 and 2024 US Marathon Olympic Trials. Through several instances of her athletic background, she felt the ebbs and flows with nutrition on performance. She knew she was destined to help other athletes benefit from the implementation of optimal nutrition.
Aside from working with ambitious athletes, Kelsey has worked in the clinical arena with a multitude of different medical complexities, and has out an emphasis on injury healing and gut function. Having a variety of different experiences in dietetics has given Kelsey the necessary tools to allow wholesome food heal and fuel the remarkable human body.
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This episode is sponsored by
· Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Why it's so hard to change our deeply held beliefs and emotional ties to certain ways of eating
The spectrum of orthorexia and the choices we make around food
The aspirational/socio-economic factors of "clean eating"
The allure of restrictive diets
Unintentional underfueling
"Clean race fuel" options
Injury risk with underfueling
RED-S and why weight loss "works" to make you faster at the beginning (before causing serious issues later on)
How to unpack your own relationship with food
and more!
?️?This episode is sponsored by GOODR SUNGLASSES! Get 15% off (my favorite) running sunglasses in the world & support the show using code RUNEXP at www.goodr.com! ?️
Meteor Nutrition arose after lifelong athlete, Kelsey Pontius RD, LDN wished to pursue her passion for the impact of nutrition on the human body in motion. Kelsey grew up playing competitive soccer, and eventually ended her career as a D1 soccer player to transform into a distance runner who since has qualified for the 2020 and 2024 US Marathon Olympic Trials. Through several instances of her athletic background, she felt the ebbs and flows with nutrition on performance. She knew she was destined to help other athletes benefit from the implementation of optimal nutrition.
Aside from working with ambitious athletes, Kelsey has worked in the clinical arena with a multitude of different medical complexities, and has out an emphasis on injury healing and gut function. Having a variety of different experiences in dietetics has given Kelsey the necessary tools to allow wholesome food heal and fuel the remarkable human body.
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This episode is sponsored by
· Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Released:
Jul 14, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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